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Still I Rise / 我将奋起
玛娅.安吉罗(Maya Angelou1928-)无疑是在美国文坛上最走红,或在社会中知名度最高的诗人。作为社会活动家、演员、剧作家、作家和诗人,她是在媒体上出现最频繁的美国黑人之一。1975年她获《女人之家》杂志该年度最佳女性奖。她先后出版了10部畅销书,并被多次提名普利策奖和国家图书奖。许多大学授予了她名誉博士学位。卡特总统曾任命她为国际妇女年全国执行委员会主席。福特总统也曾任命她主持美国百年国庆特别委员会。1993年,在克林顿总统的就职仪式上,玛娅.安吉罗作为桂冠诗人朗诵了她的颂诗“清晨的脉搏”。
You may write me down in history 你可以把我写进历史
With your bitter,twisted lies, 用你那尖刻的、撒谎的文字
You may tord me in the very dirt 你可以把我踩进泥地
But still,like dust,I'll rise. 但像尘土,我仍将奋起。
Does my sassiness upset you? 我的精神抖擞可让你烦恼?
Why are you peset with gloom? 为什么你哟皱着眉头?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells 因为我步履矫健
Pumping in my living room. 像家有油井用泵抽。
Just like moons and suns, 像月亮,像太阳,
With the cerainty of tides, 浪潮退却亦复涨,
Just like hopes springing high, 扬得高高像希望,
Still I'll rise. 我将奋起。
Did you want to see me broken? 你可曾想见到我颓丧?
Bowed head and lowered eyes? 俯首低头,目光低垂?
Shoukders falling down like teardrops, 弯着腰身像落泪,
Weakened by my soulful cries? 弱不禁风,像在哭泣?
Does my haughtiness offend you? 我的傲骨可让你厌恶?
Don't you take it awful hard 别难受,别在乎
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines 因为我笑声爽朗
Diggin'in my own backyard. 像在自家后院采掘金矿。
You may shoot me with your words, 你可以用言语向我射击,
You may cut me with your eyes, 你可以用目光向我砍毙,
You may kill me with your hatefulness, 你可以用仇恨将我击毙,
But still,like air,I'll rise. 但像空气,我仍将奋起。
Does my sexiness upset you? 我的性感迷人可让你烦恼?
does it come as a surprise 我的翩翩舞蹈可让你惊奇?
That I dance like I've got diamonds 因为我舞姿飞扬
At the meeting of my thighs? 像我大腿交叉处拥有钻石。
Out of the huts of history's shame 从历史耻辱的茅舍
I rise 我奋起
Up from a past that's rooted in pain 从逝去的苦难岁月
I rise 我奋起
I'm a black ocean,leaping and wide, 我是黑色的海洋,水阔浪高
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. 汹涌澎湃,领舵弄潮。
Leaving behind mights of terror and fear 把恐怖的黑夜抛在身后
I rise 我奋起
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, 带着祖先赐予的力量,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave 我是奴隶的梦想和希望。
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